The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, July 16, announced the issuance of guidelines on the conduct of remedial and advancement classes during “summer 2021” which will start next week.
“Remedial and advancement classes must be completed within a six-week period that may include Saturdays,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said.
The conduct of remedial, advancement, and enrichment classes for Summer 2021 will be from July 19, 2021 to August 21, 2021.
The conduct of the said classes, DepEd said, aims to “reinforce learning advancement amidst the pandemic.” “Schools may also opt to shorten the conduct of remedial and advancement classes when the essential learning competencies have already been attained,” Briones explained.
The issuance of the said guidelines will help to schools and schools division offices (SDO) to hold the remedial and advancement classes for learners who will need these.
In a memorandum sent to officials and school heads, DepEd reminded SDOs to “assist schools in determining the appropriate learning modality for remedial and advancement classes suited to the health situation of their community.”
In order to ensure the protection of learners, teachers, and stakeholders, DepEd required schools to “use distance learning modalities according to the learner’s context, and face-to-face activities are not allowed.”
Related to this, DepEd said modular learning in print or digital format shall be adopted using Self-Learning Modules (SLMs) or Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) self-instructional modules on competencies in subject areas in which the learner failed.
Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Diosdado San Antonio said that teachers “may conduct advance or remedial classes remotely with the help of the resources” stored in the DepEd Commons and DepEd Learning Resources Management and Development System (LRMDS).
“This is crucial to help our learners cope up and develop their skills according to Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in their grade level,” San Antonio explained.
DepEd said that a learner who receives a grade lower than 75 in any subject “must be given an intervention through remediation and must pass the said remedial classes for promotion to the next grade level.” Alternatively, DepEd added that “schools may require the learners to attend make-up classes” during the SY 2021-2022.
Meanwhile, DepEd said that Senior High Schools (SHS) may also offer advancement classes to SHS learners who “opt to pursue their work immersion” before SY 2021-2022.
SHS learners, DepEd said, may also “take advanced subjects” before SY 2021-2022 to focus on their work immersion in the succeeding semester.
Likewise, DepEd reminded teachers to use the “Interim Policy Guidelines for Assessment and Grading in Light of the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan” for the computation of final grades, including the utilization of alternative tools and strategies for assessing and supporting learning for SY 2020-2021.
DepEd also required schools intending to offer remedial or advancement classes during summer to submit a letter of request and soon decide on the specific details of classes subject to the approval of their respective SDO.
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